The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over three rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 11 to 14 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
Background
+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior 400 Metres Hurdles men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026. 45.94 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021 European record"All time Top lists – Senior 400 Metres Hurdles men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026. Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026. 46.98 Rome, Italy 11 June 2024 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 400 Metres Hurdles men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026. 46.61 London, United Kingdom 18 July 2026 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 400 Metres Hurdles men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026.46.48São Paulo, Brazil26 July 2026
Qualification For the men's 400 metres hurdles, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by running the entry standard of 49.00 or faster, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 36 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026"Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026. QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Karsten Warholm Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Emil Agyekum Qualified by Entry Standard 47.45 - Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) - 18 JUL 2026 3 2 Owe Fischer-Breiholz Qualified by Entry Standard 48.08 - Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid, Bochum (GER) - 26 JUL 2026 4 1 Jesús David Delgado Qualified by Entry Standard 48.11 - Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) - 16 JUN 2026 5 1 Carl Bengtström Qualified by Entry Standard 48.11 - Sola Arena, Karlstad (SWE) - 08 JUL 2026 6 1 Matic Ian Guček Qualified by Entry Standard 48.16 - Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) - 16 JUN 2026 7 1 İsmail Nezir Qualified by Entry Standard 48.25 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 17 MAY 2026 8 2 Oskar Edlund Qualified by Entry Standard 48.26 - Sola Arena, Karlstad (SWE) - 08 JUL 2026 9 1 Clement Ducos Qualified by Entry Standard 48.49 - Cushing Stadium, College Station, TX (USA) - 06 JUN 2026 10 1 Alessandro Sibilio Qualified by Entry Standard 48.49 - Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid (ESP) - 16 JUL 2026 11 1 Alastair Chalmers Qualified by Entry Standard 48.53 - Paavo Nurmen Stadion, Turku (FIN) - 03 JUN 2026 12 2 Jake Minshull Qualified by Entry Standard 48.53 - Sola Arena, Karlstad (SWE) - 08 JUL 2026 13 2 Berke Akçam Qualified by Entry Standard 48.68 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 15 SEP 2025 14 3 Seamus Derbyshire Qualified by Entry Standard 48.71 - Ratinan Stadion, Tampere (FIN) - 12 JUL 2026 reserve 4 Joshua Faulds Qualified by Entry Standard 48.78 - Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid (ESP) - 16 JUL 2026 15 1 Julien Bonvin Qualified by Entry Standard 48.93 - Stade L. Masson, Tarare (FRA) - 20 JUN 2026 16 1 Patrik Dömötör Qualified by Entry Standard 48.94 - Štadión SNP, Banská Bystrica (SVK) - 08 AUG 2025 17 1 Niklas Strohmayer-Dangl Qualified by World Rankings 19th - 1210 points 18 2 Matej Baluch Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1203 points 19 2 Dany Brand Qualified by World Rankings 25th - 1187 points 20 1 Antti Sainio Qualified by World Rankings 27th - 1179 points 21 1 Sebastian Monneret Qualified by World Rankings 28th - 1178 points 22 1 Diogo Barrigana Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1178 points 23 1 Julien Watrin Qualified by World Rankings 30th - 1176 points 24 1 Mihajlo Katanić Qualified by World Rankings 33rd - 1170 points 25 2 Giacomo Bertoncelli Qualified by World Rankings 36th - 1169 points 26 3 Alessio Sommacal Qualified by World Rankings 39th - 1159 points 27 2 Javier Lorente Qualified by World Rankings 40th - 1159 points reserve 4 Michele Bertoldo Qualified by World Rankings 41st - 1158 points 28 1 Omri Shiff Qualified by World Rankings 45th - 1154 points 29 1 Csaba Molnár Qualified by World Rankings 49th - 1148 points reserve 5 Riccardo Berrino Qualified by World Rankings 51st - 1145 points 30 1 Dimitris Levantinos Qualified by World Rankings 56th - 1134 points 31 2 Jere Haapalainen Qualified by World Rankings 59th - 1131 points 32 3 Tuomas Lehtonen Qualified by World Rankings 61st - 1129 points 33 2 Árpád Bánóczy Qualified by World Rankings 62nd - 1129 points 34 2 Mikael Antonio De Jesús Qualified by World Rankings 63rd - 1127 points 35 2 Leo Köhldorfer Qualified by World Rankings 66th - 1117 points 36 2 Mitja Zubin Qualified by World Rankings 67th - 1113 points reserve 3 Karl Wållgren Next best by World Rankings 78th - 1107 points
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Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2026 12:40 Round 112 August 2026 12:55 Semi-finals14 August 2026 20:40 Final
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 11 August 2026, at 12:40 in the afternoon. 13 best performers (q) advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Joshua Faulds 48.90 2 5 Matej Baluch 48.94 , = 3 4 Dany Brand 49.07 , 4 8 49.40 5 3 49.66 , = 6 7 50.03 7 6 50.20 8 9 50.37
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 9 Julien Watrin 49.24 2 7 49.39 3 8 Antti Sainio 49.70 , 4 6 Patrik Dömötör 49.71 5 2 49.94 6 3 50.61 7 4 50.78 — 5
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Berke Akçam 49.18 , 2 3 49.77 3 7 49.82 4 5 Julien Bonvin 50.49 5 4 50.50 6 9 50.83 7 2 50.85 8 8 51.02
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 12 August 2026, at 12:55 in the afternoon. First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Oskar Edlund 47.81 , 2 8 Owe Fischer-Breiholz 48.23 3 5 Jesús David Delgado 48.37 4 4 Berke Akçam 48.56 5 6 Jake Minshull 48.73 6 9 49.20 7 2 Patrik Dömötör 49.67 8 3 50.41
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Emil Agyekum 48.17 2 6 Alessandro Sibilio 48.44 , 3 7 Carl Bengtström 48.47 4 9 Dany Brand 48.96 = 5 4 Julien Watrin 49.39 6 3 49.61 7 8 Alastair Chalmers 49.71 8 2 50.17
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Karsten Warholm 48.01 2 8 Matic Ian Guček 48.03 , 3 6 İsmail Nezir 48.16 , 4 9 Matej Baluch 49.19 5 5 Joshua Faulds 49.26 6 2 50.01 7 4 50.12 8 3 Antti Sainio 50.64
Final The final was held on 14 August 2026, at 20:40 in the evening. Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 6 Karsten Warholm 46.63 7 Emil Agyekum 47.87 2 İsmail Nezir 48.26 4 7 Oskar Edlund 48.36 5 9 Owe Fischer-Breiholz 48.56 6 3 Jesús David Delgado 48.66 7 5 Matic Ian Guček 48.76 8 4 Alessandro Sibilio 49.83
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